NYC Trade Schools

Berkeley College

• Berkeley College is one of the larger trade schools available in the New York City region, educating around 8,000 students per year. Founded in 1931, the college offers bachelor's degrees in areas such as accounting, business and administration, finance, health services, fashion marketing and management and justice/paralegal services. The majority of these programs offer online course options as well as internships. One service offered by Berkeley that some other schools do not provide is lifetime career assistance.

  Berkeley College
  3 East 43rd St.
  New York, NY 10017
  212-986-4343
  berkeleycollege.edu

Technical Career Institute

• The Technical Career Institute focuses on programs for engineering, computers and electronics, media and business. The school offers certificates or degrees in accounting, HVAC (climate control and facilities management), business, digital media and engineering, information technology, networking, security and paralegal services. Of the programs offered, the school is best known for its engineering courses. The Technical Career Institute has a total of 4,000 students and over a dozen affiliations, which offers students a base for networking upon graduation.

  Technical Career Institute
  320 W 31st Street
  New York, NY 10001
  212-564-2069
  tcicollege.edu

Art Institute of NYC

• The Art Institute of NYC is a trade school dedicated to various forms of visual art. The school focuses mainly on digital art and therefore offers programs for video art and design, digital filmmaking, web design and interactive media and graphic design. However, the school also offers an interior design program. A fashion design program is also available. This school, founded in 1980, requires an interview with an admissions representative, which may be completed via phone for students over 200 miles away.

  Art Institute of NYC
  11 Beach Street
  New York, NY 10013
  212-226-5500
  artinstitutes.edu

Career Academy of New York

• The Career Academy of New York concentrates on the culinary arts. Courses are available for professional and commercial cooking and in hotel and restaurant management. This school now also offers a medical assistant degree. For both the culinary and medical degrees, the academy places a strong emphasis on hands-on education, offering as many as 300 internship hours.

  Career Academy of New York
  154 W 14th St.
  New York, NY 10011
  888-311-2269
  culinaryacademy.edu